Everyone here pretty much knows this is probably my most favorite thing currently airing new episodes on CN.
But do I need to explain why? I mean, I did that review, and I gush about it at the drop of a hat. It's funny, it's fun, it's action packed, and it has it all. So I want to hear what you guys think of what is the best Superhero since TSSM went off the air.
I have only gotten to see a few episodes of this series but I absolutely loved them from what I've seen so far. I REALLY want to see more of this series, but I can't really find episodes online, and I can't really afford to buy and DVD sets for anything, right now, so it'll be a while before I can properly view most of this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg5QBrwKF94
Quote from: Avaitor on January 11, 2011, 07:19:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg5QBrwKF94
That episode has so many good lines.
Everything I love about the Birds Of Prey distilled into 3 minutes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAFP0IoMfsA)
CN sucks for not having this show on more. I haven't seen a BTBATB episode in months.
The Superman episode was just on, and it was good. Real good.
Anyone else catch it?
I somehow forgot to record this. If I can find time to watch it online tonight, I'll certainly try to.
Crap, I've only seen half of it. I keep on forgetting to keep up with this show.
Sadly I'm in the same boat as you.
Did record the new one though. Good so far.
"15% you say? By Poseidon, those savings are outrageous!"
Aquaman is always great on this show.
Whoa, that was a dark one. I'm surprised they got away with a lot of that, especially near the end, but I'm very thankful. Great episode.
So did they run all the episodes already?
Nah, I think there's still at least a few to go.
I don't think they've aired all of season 2 still, but we just started season 3, so there's still a bit more to go.
I just watched Sword Of The Atom!
Aquaman sitcom. My life is complete.
First a baseball game between heroes and villains and now this:
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg845.imageshack.us%2Fimg845%2F9104%2Fcapturepx.jpg&hash=fd654f661334f761283d0cd2652a5bb05e4e21df)
WATCH THIS SHOW.
Feels so weird to not hear George Lowe coming out of Space Ghost's mouth. Feels even weirder to see Space Ghost played straight, not a single quip about Moltar or anything. I didn't think BTBATB was gonna go this retro for me.
Oh my fucking god.
:o
This cracked the Top 40 on our best cartoon list, so here's the bump.
Why aren't you watching this show? Do you want the communists to win?
SUDDENLY: FUCKING SPACE GHOST. How was I not aware of THAT?
I would watch this show more if CN aired it more. But I never see it on because CN is too busy showing Destoy Build Destory or Hole in the Wall or some shit. CN, air this show more because every time I see it I love it.
I think clips should be fine, but this is why I love this show so much:
Awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixXnzefsBA)
When was the last time a superhero show ever did anything like that?
Holy shit. Why am I not watching this show more? That was hysterical.
Quote from: Desensitized on July 03, 2011, 01:38:03 AM
I think clips should be fine, but this is why I love this show so much:
Awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixXnzefsBA)
When was the last time a superhero show ever did anything like that?
Haha, John DiMaggio is
perfect for Aqua-Man!
I just wanted to say that today I went out and got Brave and the Bold Season One: Volume One on DVD.
Quote from: Eddy on July 03, 2011, 10:02:58 PM
I just wanted to say that today I went out and got Brave and the Bold Season One: Volume One on DVD.
I had that in my DVD player for a week when I got it. So rewatchable, and soooo good.
I got B&TB season 1 part 2 with my Rocko set from amazon (gotta love free shipping), and can't wait to watch it.
BTW, this volume has the Music Meister episode. It also contains the episodes I have seen the least, so it should be fun watching.
I've been selling a lot of my DVDs lately (regrettably) but even though I haven't even unwrapped either set of Brave and the Bold I just can't consider parting with them. Cartoon Network hardly ever airs the reruns anymore and hasn't given it more than 1 regular slot a week for quite a while. I don't see why it would kill them to put it on at 6AM or something. Give HotWheels or Beyblade a rest. They seem pretty burnt out on the weekday line-up. Though a nice afternoon airing would be much more to my liking... DVR makes time slots not that important.
The show is simply a joy to watch. It's got great action and lots of laughs and when it wants to, it can be serious. It's tough to accomplish that balance but Brave and the Bold pulls it off well.
I swear this show has practically made me forget about The Batman (not that it was awful it just doesn't hold a candle to this).
Capping out at 65 episodes is plenty respectable but I'm sad to see it ending. It's just so much fun and I'm sure the writers have more ideas. It doesn't feel like it's run it's course at all. It's still pumping out amazing episodes in the final season. Which is more than can be said for quite a few super hero cartoons through the years.
It really ticks me off that CN is so stingy with this show when they have no reason to be. They could have aired the final episodes by now. We barely got any back in Spring before once again it disappeared from the line-up. Now it seems they're going to wait until Fall to air more despite releasing episodes on iTunes through the Summer weeks and on top of that probably wont even air it in prime time given it was premiering episodes at 6:30PM on Fridays and now could end up premiering episodes at 6PM. I guess since it's ending they don't care about a time slot change hurting the ratings but I saw it did pretty well at least one week at 6:30PM.
On the bright side, reruns are back starting August 5th at 6PM and Fall isn't far away. So watch it every Friday when it returns.
What's weird is that they have yet to air this and Young Justice on the same night, which is pretty disappointing. I thought the two would have made good companion shows for each other but they seem content with trying to kill it off despite its popularity and quality.
Normally it wouldn't annoy me, but you just know it's going to be replaced with another BTAS wannabe, and no matter how good it is, it will feel like a waste to cut this show off so early just for that.
Actually they have aired this and Young Justice on the same night, back to back. They did so back in Spring when Brave and the Bold aired premieres at 6:30PM on Friday followed by Young Justice at 7PM. They haven't however aired premieres back to back yet. They were going to in June but that never happened.
On August 5th they'll be airing back to back in the 6PM hour of CN's Friday action block which will run from 6PM-9PM with the only new episodes being ThunderCats at 8:30PM until at least September.
I figure they'll be airing premieres back to back in September but maybe they'll switch the schedule up for ratings and "value" purposes to put YJ premieres back at 7PM. Since Batman is ending it's kind of a low priority for CN. 6PM premieres seems likely but I'd be very frustrated with CN is Young Justice premieres move to 6:30PM in favor of letting Generator Rex stay in prime time when that show does so much worse in comparsion to YJ.
They really need two nights for action. They'll do so in 2012 with DC Nation for airing the YJ and GL but they should do it sooner. Putting 3 shows on Friday and 3 shows on another night. For the sake of argument... put Batman, Young Justice and ThunderCats together on Thursday or Saturday and keep Ben 10, Rex and Star Wars on Friday.
But I guess with DVR and such 6PM hour premieres aren't terrible and they might even do better in those slots due to lack of major competition from Nick and Disney.
It's over. :imnothappy:
Quite possibly the best Batman and DC show, if not easily the most consistent, it really is a shame for this to end. Anybody have any favorite memories of this show? I'd list the whole thing, but you know me. :D
Oh my god, that finale. It's beautiful. I especially loved the MWC reference (this is coming from a Jefferson fan, BTW).
Favorite moments? Well, anything that Dini wrote, obviously. So yeah, the Bat-Mite eps, "Chill of the Night", and the Space Ghost cold open.
Favourite moment, bar none, was watching the Birds of Prey sing about how every superhero but Batman sucked in bed.
Personally, I thought the finale had way too much fourth wall stuff for my tastes, but the final few moments were a good way to end it. I'll definitely miss this show.
My favorite moments probably include anything with Aquaman or Plastic Man.
Maybe it did, but I couldn't stop laughing throughout. And you have to admit that it does still fit Bat-Mite's character.
The ending was great, but kind of kills the chance for syndication. But hey, we should be getting the whole series on DVD, so that shouldn't be too big of a loss.
Oh yeah, Batmite is always a hoot.
I did like the shoutout to the voice actors, though. They deserve their due.
So I managed to pick up season 2 part 1 and season 2 part 2 when I went to see Brave. That would mean I only have one set left to get.
Honestly, I can't believe how few duds this series has. Even the more standard episode usually has a hook to pull it off and make it work. The usage of Silver Age tributes without winking irony and just being straightforward and honest with what's going on is really what makes the show so good. I'm gonna say it one last time...
Watch. This. Show.
I'm about half-way through season 1, so far. Currently, Blue Beetle is my personal favorite recurring side-character. I just love the mentor/idol-to-student kind of relationship that he has with Batman in this series. He sees Batman as the ultimate hero, and whenever they work together, Batman makes it a point to guide him into unlocking his full potential as a hero. It really reminds me of the sort of relationship that Bruce had with Terry in Batman Beyond, and the fact that Blue Beetle in this series is also voiced by will Friedle only helps me further cement that idea. I really hope I get to see at least a few more appearances from Blue Beetle throughout this series. Green Arrow is also a fun recurring character, as well.
Blue Beetle gets a lot of time to shine in the series and they don't make him as OP as he is in Young Justice. I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked every side-character in the show whether hero or villain or neither. Characterization in TB&TB was top notch.
Also, I think this show has the best version of Aquaman by far.
So, I saw the episode "Deep Cover for Batman!" and just wanted to say that, in all honesty, I liked this episode better than the entirety of the Crisis on Infinite Earths movie (which really didn't click with me, for whatever reason). I just couldn't help but compare it to that movie since it was basically the same general concept and plot, but IMO this campy version of it was much more entertaining.
Then I saw the 2nd part of the 2-parter, which was the episode titled "Game Over for Owlman!," and I honestly believe that this show's Joker my just turn out to be my favorite iteration of the character. I'm dead serious. I mean, I love Hamil's Joker and whatnot, but The Joker in this show was just so much damn fun, or at least he was in this episode. I hope to see him make more appearances in this show, because this may be the only time where The Joker has genuinely made me laugh (which is pretty ironic when I think about it).
The first appearance of Joker on TB&TB is one of the best moments in the show. If it wasn't so Silver Age it wouldn't work at all.
So far, my favorite recurring villain in the series is Gentleman Ghost, with The Joker being a close 2nd (I've only seen him in one appearance so far). That said, I'm still only on season 1 so I'm sure that my opinion is highly subject to change, but overall this series has some really fun villains.
I just got my hands on season 3 bringing my collection to a close. The more I watch this show the more I like it even more.
I typically don't care for musicals, but "Mayhem of the Music Meister!" was a great episode, mainly because the lyrics were actually well-written and made complete sense in the context of the characters, and also because the voice actors in this episode could actually sing (except for Aqua Man, but he's still an awesome character, anyways :P ).
It's Neil Patrick Harris. Of course it's great!
You know, Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth! is probably the perfect finale for the show's universe.
Yes, I know it's not the last episode but it's the last normal episode (Four Star Spectacular! is an anthology episode and Mitefall! is pure Batmite comedy) and it really seems to close everything off quite well. The episode sort of feels like a passing of the torch from the Silver Age to the modern era in more ways than one. You have the Society questioning and mingling with the League International for the comedy side and Ra's Al Ghul's plot that seems to lean closer to a modern comic plot and the ending seems to imply the universe is heading more in that direction. The episode is also one of the series best, full stop.
All in all, TB&TB was fantastic and it's really a shame that it ended so soon but at least it never had the chance to go bad. In fact, it's currently my favorite superhero show.
Oh, as an aside, the song in Powerless! is the most insane thing in this show by far.
I just watched "Revenge of the Reach!" I swear, any Blue Beetle centered episode is an instant favorite for me. I don't know what it is, but I just like this character in this series (and I've never read any DC superhero comics, let alone anything about Blue Beetle). Come to think of it, he was also easily my favorite new character in the 2nd season of Young Justice, though they were both the young Blue Beetle rather than either of his predecessors.
At any rate, this show is certainly turning out to be possibly the best DC animated series that I've seen. And really, it is more of a DCU show than it is a Batman show, with Batman just pairing up with anywhere from one to a few other heroes in each episode, but that works out to the show's favor just fine, IMO.
Ted Kord (the second Blue Beetle) is really good in the show, too. He was handled way better in the show than he was in the comics. Especially considering what they did to him.
Though I don't dislike any of the characters. Which is one of my favorite aspects of the show.
I just watched "Chill of the Night!"
For a series that's mostly full of campy and light-hearted humor and adventures, it can pull off a completely dark episode quite well.
Oh yeah, that was great stuff. It would definitely fit in B:TAS, but works perfectly well for TB&TB.
Yeah, it definitely helps that this show had some great writers working on it. Hell, I even saw that Greg Weisman wrote an episode of the show. It was the one titled "Death Race to Oblivion!"
I think he also wrote the episode "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!" That's actually an episode that I managed to catch way back when it aired on TV, and it was yet another great episode of the show.
CN's current administration doesn't know a good thing when they've got it. They schedule as if they're a pay channel (like sister networks HBO/Cinemax), with "weekly" series airing different days of the week, burning each episode out too quickly in order to get it out on DVD ASAP. Wrong way to go.
I too got a kick out of that Space Ghost cold open, but I didn't see it on TV. I saw it on YouTube, thanks to a TZ compadre who is also a regular correspondent on my blogs. Those of us of a certain age will remember Gary Owens as the TRUE Space Ghost, even though he did parody that iconic gig when he did Powdered Toast Man on Ren & Stimpy 25 years later.
IMPO, CN ended the show too soon, and should've kept it around as part of DC Nation (1 hour does not a quality block make, actually) until Beware the Batman is ready to roll out. Diedrich Bader may've only been known as one of Drew Carey's sidekicks before this, but now he's got some cred. His Conroyesque Batman was just awesome.
I've got to see that baseball game ep, which I believe was adapted from a 70's comic book.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on April 17, 2013, 11:39:44 PM
I just watched "Chill of the Night!"
For a series that's mostly full of campy and light-hearted humor and adventures, it can pull off a completely dark episode quite well.
I think that's probably the best version of a story about Bruce's parents getting killed. You can tell how guilty he felt that night because of how he acted on Christmas and at the theater (which ultimately lead to that faithful moment in the alley). The part when his parents come from Heaven, tell Bruce that they are proud of him and ask him to come with them was also great.
For dinner yesterday, I watched the first Adam Strange episode for the first time in years. Between the wonderfully cheesy dialogue, the retro cartoon style alien villain leader voice acting to the action adventure on an alien planet, I'm in love. Plus the episode started with the debut of Equinox. I was just thinking about him. That was the first time an intro villain escaped.
Well, I am about to watch the next episode for dinner. I've been doing this a lot ;D
I need to re-watch the show and put together a top 10.
That sounds hard. So many good episodes.
I watched the Sherlock Holmes and Huntress episodes. I have never seen a cartoon character be such a horndog.
Well, my feature will deal with a good chunk of my favorites, so hopefully that will suffice.
If anybody has any episodes they'd like to see me cover, feel free to ask. :)
My suggestions are too obvious.
Yeah, I think you'll review all the best/obvious episodes I can think of ( of course, there's always others I could suggest ;) ). However, and I just want to make sure, you will review "The Mask of Matches Malone," right? :humhumhum:
We'll see if there's enough to talk about as I intend to talk about the episodes that have the most material. But that doesn't necessarily limit it to more serious episodes. I'll just have to see how it goes since I'm starting from near the start of season 1 and working my way forward.
I also don't want to talk about all of them because I want people to watch the show. ;)
Gotta leave them wanting more!
I am definitely continuing my viewing of the show myself tonight ;D
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 06, 2013, 09:45:41 PM
We'll see if there's enough to talk about as I intend to talk about the episodes that have the most material. But that doesn't necessarily limit it to more serious episodes. I'll just have to see how it goes since I'm starting from near the start of season 1 and working my way forward.
I also don't want to talk about all of them because I want people to watch the show. ;)
Gotta leave them wanting more!
"The Mask of Matches Malone" has the Birds of Prey song. I think that's reason/material enough to go over it. :D
But I understand your idea, though. It is best to highlight the best and most must-see episodes the show has to offer to hook people into checking out the show. I'll be interested in seeing which episodes you'll cover. :)
Just to be clear, each season has a box set available now, right?
You know, thinking about this show, is there any episode of this series people don't like? Everyone always mentions Creepers, Moon of the Wolf, I've Got Batman in My Basement when talking about their least favorite episodes of B: TAS. But I swear, withe Brave and the Bold, I haven't seen or heard anyone name a specific episode they've hated, or at least not notably hated like the above mentioned episodes.
That's pretty darn impressive, especially for a recent series when you think about it. O0
The entire series is available on DVD and fairly cheap to collect.
But to be completely honest, there isn't a single episode of this show that I dislike. Some episodes I don't like as much as others do or some episodes I like more than others do, but there's not a single episode I would even call mediocre. Outside of Spectacular Spider-Man I don't think I can say that for a non-DCAU superhero show and none of those shows are anything like TB&TB.
I'm wrapping up season 1 right now, and I have to say that this might be one of the best first seasons of any show I've seen. It's quite amazing how they knew what they wanted out of the gate and succeeded so handily. I've already got a chunk of episodes chosen for the feature and I'm sort of wondering how many I'm going to end up doing total though I'm aiming for a rough number.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 07, 2013, 07:59:05 PM
I'm wrapping up season 1 right now, and I have to say that this might be one of the best first seasons of any show I've seen. It's quite amazing how they knew what they wanted out of the gate and succeeded so handily. I've already got a chunk of episodes chosen for the feature and I'm sort of wondering how many I'm going to end up doing total though I'm aiming for a rough number.
That's what I've been saying. They knew what they wanted this show to be from Day 1 and they pulled it off.
Last night, I watched the first Booster Gold and then Robin episode. Not as good as most of the previous episodes due to them turning Bats into a punching bag so the sidekicks could shine and me not caring for each episode's villain but Booster Gold and Robin came off as very likable to me. Heck, they may be my 2nd and 3rd favorite Bat allies. Hint: my favorite isn't Aquaman or Green Arrow.
Issue #1 releases today! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=1810)
I got it done ahead of schedule and without the massive formatting errors I was getting!
Yay! 8)
Cool stuff! That was a lot longer and more detailed than I expected. I really do need to watch more than five episodes of this series. :sweat:
Tuesdays are probably good days to post these. I'll have Kill la Kill articles on Thursdays, Dalek's got Valvrave blogs for Fridays, and Insommy'll usually gets his Korra write-ups in on Saturdays.
Thanks, it's one of my personal favorites. I was aiming for Wednesday, but managed to get it done early since I had so much to say. If Tuesdays are fine then I can try for that instead.
I can only hope future episodes will be just as inspiring to write about.
Wednesday is good too. Really, any day is, just letting you know that we'll be blogging on Thursday-Saturday as well. ;)
Just don't feel like there's a set amount you have to write. If you can do 5000 words for one episode, go for it, but if you can only do 500, that's also just fine!
I just finished the OMAC episode. I am liking Equinox.
Over the last few days I also watched the Tornado Tyrant, Bat-Mite, Kamandi and Jonah Hex/War World. I am loving all the Jack Kirby love. That would be them having an entire Kamandi episode (I probably should read those comics) and Batman fought Darkseid's uncle, Steppenwolf in the War World episode (Kirby created both Darkseid and his uncle for those who don't know. Steppenwolf can also be seen in Darkseid's first JL episode where he sends his uncle to his death which is a nod to the comics in which he also has him get into a battle that gets him killed.) I wonder if Stomper and Lashwhatshername are also Kirby creations. They were sent from Apokolips to fight Superman in STAS along with another supervillainess. Also they showed Miracle Man and his wife (Barda? I forget her name.) Both were in JLU and I think Barda is the same woman in the Batman Beyond Justice League. IDK. I could go on forever.
If you guys do Blu, the show is coming out for it. (http://tvshowsondvd.com/n/19066)
Well worth it. Though unless they would spring for special features I probably won't double-dip.
But if you don't own the show, I recommend these over the DVDs. Double the episode count at only slightly high pricing.
Yeah, I've been planning on getting the DVDs ever since they started doing (semi) season sets, but I might wait for the other seasons to come out on Blu instead.
Well, season 3 is 13 episodes regardless so that won't make much of a difference, but for the first two seasons it's basically half-price.
If you have Blu-ray, anyway. :D
I watched Music Meister today. That song is going to be stuck in my head forever again...
"Was the singing really necessary?"
I had a feeling he'd comment on that. I wonder how much autotuning this episode had.
I watched Inside The Outsiders today (this morning?) and The Fate Of Equinox with the last hour thus finishing season 1. I wonder why Batman didn't attempt to reason with Equinox instead of saying a cheesy one liner then killing him.
Equinox showed no remorse or regret for anything he did and was powerful enough to kill anyone he wanted. Batman was just not willing to take any chances with him.
The next issue has been released! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=1913)
Great job again! I hope eventually you'll write about one of the episodes I've seen. :blush:
It is possible!
Though the next episode should be a bit crazier than what I've covered so far. ;)
I watched the first two episodes of season 2. The Long Arm Of The Law definitely confirms O'Brien as my 2nd favorite BTBATB character. I lol'd at the ending and another part of the episode.
Watched Revenge Of The Reach this afternoon. Yep, a Blue Bettle episode is a good episode.
Quote from: gunswordfist on October 16, 2013, 07:47:09 PM
Watched Revenge Of The Reach this afternoon. Yep, a Blue Bettle episode is a good episode.
The next episode made me want an Aquaman spin off.
Season 2 starts off really strong.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on October 17, 2013, 06:47:35 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on October 16, 2013, 07:47:09 PM
Watched Revenge Of The Reach this afternoon. Yep, a Blue Bettle episode is a good episode.
The next episode made me want an Aquaman spin off.
Season 2 starts off really strong.
I love that episode. Watched it early this morning. I like how BB was actually glad to see Aquaman and BTBATB has the best penquin ever.
"I turn my back for 10 seconds and you're 80 years old and covered in robots."
Just finished The Golden Age Of Justice episode. What a terrific episode. From all the flashbacks to Grandpa Batman and Black Canary getting some respect, I think this is my favorite season 2 episode so far.
I think this last episode was the first I've never seen of the show. So far I have been re/appreciating episodes and loving it. :)
And now an issue on what might be the funniest episode! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=1982) :thumbup:
I will get to that right after I finish the series.
The last 3 episodes I watched are A Bat Divided, Metal Men and Ra's first episode.
A few days ago I watched Super-Batman Of Planet X and The Power Of Shazam (the latter episode was surprisingly deep.
Today I saw Chill Of The Night for the first time. I had a feeling that priest was Batman halfway through. Did they retcon the Christmas episode? I thought Bruce not liking the movie and being seemingly somewhat responsible for his parents' death made the scene in the Xmas episode that much more heartstring tugging. All of that "blame" was shifted to Thomas. He challenged Chill twice and died the last time. I could accept him thwarting Chill at the charity ball but kid Bruce suddenly loving the movie doesn't sit well with me.
Speaking of the charity event, seeing Batman fight crime with his Dad was beautiful. It was obvious that West was voicing him and I suspected Mark Hamill was The Spectre (he sounded like his Ozai voice) Also when I checked before this post, I was surprised to find out about Conroy and Newmar's role.
The setup to them finally showing TBATB Batman's completely uncovered face was powerful and they still managed to make parts of Bruce finally confronting Chill fun.
Yep, the fact that they never showed Bruce Wayne's face until that exact moment was a perfect choice. It really makes the scene hit harder.
It certainly did. And to think, I thought they only did that to show that Batman in his civilian identity has no place in this show.
And I watched Gorillas In The Mist for breakfast this morning. Grodd has more episodes than any other villain "I've always had this belt, you just haven't seen it yet!" And I was surprised to see The Spectre again. Especially so soon.
Stupid Netflix. They only have PART 1 of The Siege Of Starro as the last episode they have.
The Siege of Starro (The 2-parter and the pre-episode shorts leading up to it) is one of my favorite story-arcs in any cartoon series that I've ever seen. Batman teams up with a bunch of B-list heroes, but they all show what real heroes are made of when they rely on resourcefulness rather than just overcoming things with their powers and abilities. It keeps in tone with the campy nature of this show, yet simultaneously adds in plenty of really well-done serious material, and it has such a bitter-sweet ending to it.
The build-up was also great. Using a bunch of the bumpers to set up Starro's arrival gave it a lot of punch. I don't think it's any secret that I'll be covering it in the feature when it comes up.
Not to mention the Faceless Hunter was one of the best villain performances in the show.
Issue #4 deals with one of the most popular episodes of the series! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=2031)
So I guess you can tell what the next episode will be. ;)
EDIT: Random observation while writing the next part and re-watching part one-
Batman punches Blue Bowman in the face a lot in this episode. Like every time he says something to Batman he gets a fist in the face.
I can only imagine why that is.
Issue #5 is on time! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=2065)
I really do think that was a Darkwing Duck reference.
You actually got it up before my fifth Kill la Kill blog! :joy: I'm so laaaaaaaaaate.
I was going to ask where it was, but I figured you had your reasons!
No rush. :)
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on November 05, 2013, 06:19:04 PM
I was going to ask where it was, but I figured you had your reasons!
No rush. :)
I've had one hell of a past week. Both extremely good and extremely bad. My heart can't take much more of this. I'll explain later. :sweat:
Issue #6! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=2133)
You actually see the "Bat-nipples" in the episode. I tried to spare you that here.
You can actually buy Chris O'Donnell's costume from Batman & Robin in Bonhams' (http://www.tcm.com/bonhams/) upcoming auction.
By Poseidon, those savings are outrageous!
Seriously though, the other stuff sounds so much cooler.
Issue #7 and one of the show's best episodes. (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=2169)
Yes, it's still the same show as the last episode. That's just how wide this show is.
Next week will be what is most likely my favorite episode.
Issue #8 covers what might be my favorite episode! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=2210)
I would totally watch an OMAC show based around this episode. There's so much potential in the concept, and as great as this episode was, I would have really liked to see more of him in the show.
Issue #9 is here! (http://animationrevelation.com/readables/?p=2238)
Equinox is probably one of my favorite villains, I have to say.
We just had the first season added to Neflix here. Not that it affects me much since I already own the complete series. I just thought I'd mention it.
Did you guys get the complete series on your Netflix yet?
No, we've still only got the first 1 and a half seasons. :imnothappy:
All 65 episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold are now available to stream on Netflix! Finally! :swoon:
Well there you go, gunswordfist. Back at it now!
AWESOME!!! :shakeshakeshake: I've been wanting to re-watch the entire series for a while.
This is some awesome news. They also added Green Lantern and the 1st season of Young Justice as well.
Well then.
YJ, GL, AND Brave and the Bold?!
*looks up*
THANKS, GOD!!!!!! :worship:
So, I finally watched all 65 episodes of this series the first time through. I watched some of the first season when the show premiered on CN and I somewhat enjoyed it, but the series couldn't have premiered at a terrible time in CN's life--I felt rather burned out by the network. It was the beginning one of their Dark Ages. Adult Swim had grown monotonous before that point and I was still feeling rather angry that Toonami had been cancelled. Also, they were flushing through junk programming to see what sticks (this was before Adventure Time would pull them out of the rut). I just needed a break from CN in general, and I was swamped with University homework, so I didn't watch much CN outside of Regular Show.
After I got done with University, wow, did things pick up! I felt refreshed and started getting into the network again. Toonami was back and I was checking out more neat originals. Then Beware the Batman was announced for Toonami, and that made me think about giving Brave and the Bold a second shot.
I can't believe I skipped out on most of this series for the longest time. It's one of the best modern incarnations of Batman post-DCAU. Diedrich Bader is perfectly cast and the comedy works amazingly well. I'm glad that they went with a Silver Age approach to the comedy instead of doing those cringe-worthy faux-anime references that cartoons like to mock so much. After seeing disappointing recent incarnations like The Batman (which was just meh) and The Dark Knight Rises (which I feel is the worst Batman movie, period), this series was a refreshing change of pace.
Early this morning I saw that Netflix had all the episodes from The Siege Of Starro Part 2 and beyond (why they stopped at Part 1 instead of just having both parts is beyond me) so I got excited and went on to watch Part 1. I planned on watching both parts but was too tired so I went to sleep. Earlier this afternoon, I rewatch Pt. 1 because I like to watch two parters back to back. Anyway, I loved the focus on minor characters when it comes to DC. Not some of my favorite episodes but still good. Also, the ending where Batman said nothing to Vixen was quite sad. This also made me realize how much I like Captain Marvel across 3 DC shows (Young Justice, Justice League and this show). The part where he said, "That was awesome! Doitagain!" was hilarious. I'll watch some more of the show soon and will finally get to finish it soon enough. :)
The Starro two-parter is great stuff. I especially like how the two parts are almost entirely different episodes to an extent and not two parts of the same story.
I love how they used a few cold openers to build up to these episodes rather than just throwing them at us.
Yeah, the tone was totally different in Part 2. I watched Barry Allen's first episode. Finally! I've always loved this episode, especially how Barry beats Zoom. I loved how he used his wits to beat a faster opponent, the glass maker was beautiful and Flash won by basically stopping. Ok, I'll stop fanboying on that part but man do I love it more than ever now. :swoon: The Scarlet Speedster episode also cements Barry Allen as my 2nd favorite version of Flash, Wally West in JL is of course no. 1. Hmm, I've never thought about the fact that I've seen West as Kid 3 times until now. I liked the whole dynamic between the 3 Flashes. Again, I love this episode even more now... :swoon:
Greg Weisman would make a fantastic Silver Age writer. Requiem is one of the best TB&TB episodes. It had every Flash short of Impulse (which wouldn't have worked timeline-wise) and even included Dr. Zoom. Too good of an episode.
I can't wait until I get there.
I watched The Last Patrol within the last hour. What a tragic episode. I thought it was a bit too corny at the end though.
Quote from: gunswordfist on June 16, 2014, 07:09:44 PM
I watched The Last Patrol within the last hour. What a tragic episode. I thought it was a bit too corny at the end though.
Yeah, me too, but I guess it fits in framework of who the Doom Patrol were both in the comics and here. Any other group and I don't think it would have worked.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on March 30, 2014, 07:22:58 PM
Well there you go, gunswordfist. Back at it now!
lol, I wished I checked this thread earlier. I'm just now seeing this.
Uh anyway, I finished Knights Of Tomorrow not too long ago. That episode sure was a surprise. It actually made me feel sad more than anything. Also, I loved the The Dark Knights Returns/Batman TAS nod near the end.
I finished watching Darkseid Descending. I was pretty excited to see them reform the Justice League. I suspected some big incident broke apart the original one. I was happy to see Martian Manhunter, who'll probably easily be my favorite version of the character and Darkseid. Dear God did I love the design on his ship. And lastly, I'm pretty sure Booster Gold is my 3rd favorite character in the show. I cracked up when he was caught texting his publicist.
Yeah, that's one of the best episodes. It's nice seeing the lesser-known heroes band together to stop one of the biggest villains.
I can't wait till you get to season 3, GSF. Those are my favorite episodes in the series.
;D Now I'm excited. I believe I've only seen one or so episode from that season.
Oh yeah, hours ago, I watched "The Menace Of Matches Malone" (I think that's the episode's name) thus finishing Season 2. It was a pretty good episode that also doubled as a pretty good Two-Face episode. I of course like this. ;D I'm about to start Season 3.
Quote from: gunswordfist on June 23, 2014, 09:06:11 PMOh yeah, hours ago, I watched "The Menace Of Matches Malone" (I think that's the episode's name) thus finishing Season 2.
What? ??? That's far from the end of the season.
Quote from: Daikun on June 23, 2014, 10:59:19 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on June 23, 2014, 09:06:11 PMOh yeah, hours ago, I watched "The Menace Of Matches Malone" (I think that's the episode's name) thus finishing Season 2.
What? ??? That's far from the end of the season.
He's watching them on Netflix. Matches Malone is out of order on there.
I suspected as much. Still a decent finale episode. ;D
Earlier, I watched the first two episodes of season 3. I loved the Superman episode. That was a great debut episode for the Man Of Steel. I haven't had this much good laughs in an episode in awhile. Funny how it did cutting to other scenes better than Family Guy and Ultimate Spider-Man could ever imagine. :sly: I like The Joker getting his own episode. The intro scene was hilarious and so was the OP. I like how Batman seemed a bit more outrageous since he was the villain in the episode, from The Joker's point of view.
I watched Shadow of the Bat during breakfast this morning. What a fun and funny Justice League episode. I should rewatch it for Halloween.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on June 23, 2014, 11:11:34 PMHe's watching them on Netflix. Matches Malone is out of order on there.
Wow. Netflix needs to hire a moderator there or something to make sure episodes of TV shows are in proper order.
I hope they at least put "Mitefall" in the proper place. If they can't even put a freaking series finale at the end... :wth:
Quote from: Daikun on June 24, 2014, 01:44:59 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on June 23, 2014, 11:11:34 PMHe's watching them on Netflix. Matches Malone is out of order on there.
I hope they at least put "Mitefall" in the proper place. If they can't even put a freaking series finale at the end... :wth:
Don't fret. It's the last episode of season three on there.
I just watched Scorn of the Star Sapphire. I was glad to see Wonder Woman. I already like her! Afterwards, I was thinking, "It's too bad that Hal has been in this show for like 5 seconds. They never give that man the love he deserves. I'd love this show more if it had a good Flash, Wonder Woman and Hal" then a minute later, he shows up onscreen. :swoon: The episode was alright. Hal was kind of too wishy washy or whatever so I didn't really click with him. I hope I see more of him though. Hal's my 4th favorite Justice League member.
Earlier I saw Time For Vengeance (or was it Time For Revenge?). Unpopular opinion: I liked The Creeper in Batman TAS. However, I couldn't stand him in his BTBATB debut. Kind of annoying. As the actual episode, it was a nice time traveling adventure....and holy shit, Equinox! I did not see that coming at all. ;D I got to admit that a number of villains could have took his place there (Equinox doesn't exactly seem like a machine kind of villain) but the fact that he could return (don't tell me! don't tell me!) excites me. ;D
I really liked that they brought Equinox back the way they did and that they left the ending open as they did. Equinox works best as a threat you don't see coming.
Season 3 lets the staff really go wild with ideas, since they knew it would be their last go. My personal favorite episode is the second to last one. Personally, I think its a great wrap up to the serious side of the universe.
"Four Star Spectacular" is a great episode. It's four unrelated short stories featuring different superheroes and with Batman either just a cameo or secondary character in each. It's an excellent concept to just have fun with some minor heroes that they couldn't do full episodes with while showing the depth of the series' universe, and also is probably one of the funniest episodes of the series as well.
Oh, I'm sorry, I meant third last. "Crisis: 22,300 Miles Above Earth" is one of my favorite episodes.
"Four Star Spectacular" IS great, though.
I watched Trivumate of Terror and the Mr. Freeze short stories episode yesterday. It's nice to see that Superman and Wonder Woman are established Just League member now. The Mr. Freeze episode was pretty funny and well written. Cavalier had a decent scheme for once and it surprised me when they said he was a murderer. I thought he'd be too incompetent to even do that. The part at the end where Green Arrow arrow-trip Freeze, Freeze slowly tries to pull back his Freeze gun to him and O'Brien clipped it off and then Aquaman KO'd him for interrupting his ridiculous story earlier gave me a good laugh. :D
Just finished watching Powerless. *Aquaman gasps*"Boom! You're dead. Boom! You're dead. Boom! Boom! Boom!""That makes you some of the weakest, most pathetic organisms in the universe."I didn't pay attention to him in Justice League but I love him here. One of the funniest episodes I've seen.
Quote from: gunswordfist on June 27, 2014, 03:22:21 PM
Just finished watching Powerless. *Aquaman gasps*"Boom! You're dead. Boom! You're dead. Boom! Boom! Boom!""That makes you some of the weakest, most pathetic organisms in the universe."I didn't pay attention to him in Justice League but I love him here. One of the funniest episodes I've seen.
It really is my favorite portrayal of the character. Not because "irony lol" or anything, but because his personality is extremely infectious and his lines are too good.
True. They gave him a lot of good dialogue. :)
Just finished watching Episode 12 of Season 3 and I watched episode 11 earlier. Batman straight up murdered Ra's. This is like the cruelest animated version of the character. :D First Equinox and now him. In episode 11, I loved the Adam Strange and Flash shorts. I wish I could see more of them. Adam Strange's first episode rocked so much.
I finished watching Mitefall with this hour. I was wondering if they were aware that the show is actually going to get cancelled at first but then it became so obvious halfway through. It was good to see Ambush Bug. Basically DC's Deadpool from what I've read. I kind of like the Batluge, lol. I know they were going to give Batman a gun after what Batmite said. That and Scrappy was funny. *sighs* I'm sad the show is over. This show should have had a ton of spinoffs. So much wasted potential.
The series could have gone on a long time, but at least it had a good run. I don't actually think there's a bad episode in the bunch.
Me too. A few of the shorts (pretty much all the ones that didn't have Diedrich Batman in them, namely those comic strip ones) were a bit boring but besides that, no complaints.
Also, I just remembered that we didn't get to see Equinox again. :cry: The only real loose end the show had so I can't complain.
Quote from: Daikun on May 09, 2014, 05:52:02 PM
So, I finally watched all 65 episodes of this series the first time through. I watched some of the first season when the show premiered on CN and I somewhat enjoyed it, but the series couldn't have premiered at a terrible time in CN's life--I felt rather burned out by the network. It was the beginning one of their Dark Ages. Adult Swim had grown monotonous before that point and I was still feeling rather angry that Toonami had been cancelled. Also, they were flushing through junk programming to see what sticks (this was before Adventure Time would pull them out of the rut). I just needed a break from CN in general, and I was swamped with University homework, so I didn't watch much CN outside of Regular Show.
After I got done with University, wow, did things pick up! I felt refreshed and started getting into the network again. Toonami was back and I was checking out more neat originals. Then Beware the Batman was announced for Toonami, and that made me think about giving Brave and the Bold a second shot.
I can't believe I skipped out on most of this series for the longest time. It's one of the best modern incarnations of Batman post-DCAU. Diedrich Bader is perfectly cast and the comedy works amazingly well. I'm glad that they went with a Silver Age approach to the comedy instead of doing those cringe-worthy faux-anime references that cartoons like to mock so much. After seeing disappointing recent incarnations like The Batman (which was just meh) and The Dark Knight Rises (which I feel is the worst Batman movie, period), this series was a refreshing change of pace.
Well damn.
I guess Daikun has never seen any of these movies, then:
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Mystery of the Batwoman
Son of Batman
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on July 22, 2014, 12:35:13 PMI guess Daikun has never seen any of these movies, then:
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Mystery of the Batwoman
Son of Batman
The only one I haven't seen is
Son of Batman.
Or that Batman serial where Robin says "You're as yellow as your skin" to the fiendishly Japanese doctor.
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on July 22, 2014, 06:08:45 PMOr that Batman serial where Robin says "You're as yellow as your skin" to the fiendishly Japanese doctor.
That settles it, Daikun's racist! :>
There are alternate versions of some of the episodes. (https://twitter.com/WarnerArchive/status/502227428400304128) Interesting...
Hmm? That's nothing that wasn't already known, at least about those two particular episodes.
Well I didn't know. :> When I saw Matches Malone, I knew it was about the song...
favorite villains:
4. equinox
3. gorilla grodd
2. owlman
1. the joker
My top ten:
1. Equinox
2. The Faceless Hunter
3. Darkseid
4. The Joker
5. The Gentleman Ghost
6. Owlman
7. Kite Man
8. Gorilla Grodd
9. Mr. Mind
10. Sinestro
Honorable mention goes to the Cavalier who is hilarious.
who's mr. mind again?
Quote from: gunswordfist on December 08, 2014, 05:59:05 PM
who's mr. mind again?
The creepy bug-thing in the Shazaam! episode.
Come to think of it, I don't recall there being a single character that I disliked in this series, hero, villain, or otherwise. That's a pretty big testament to how well written they all are, especially considering how even many of my most favorite shows still have characters that I can't stand, as minor as some of them may be.
Out of all of the characters on the show, I'd say that the only ones that I wasn't super crazy about were The Metal Men and Captain Atom, and even then, I didn't necessarily dislike any of them, but rather just found them kind of underdeveloped.
Also, my villains list would probably be pretty similar to Desensitized's, so instead, here is a list of my favorite heroes on the show:
1. Blue Beetle
2. Aqua Man
3. Plastic Man
4. Booster Gold
5. Batman
6. Wildcat
7. Firestorm
8. Red Tornado
9. Dr. Fate
10. Green Arrow
Honorable Mentions: Pretty much just about every other hero on the show. I also wanted to include at least one member of the Birds of Prey, but I just couldn't find the room, because the roster is just that intense. Also, it was hard to leave off B'Wana Beast as well, but I just had to make some cuts.
captain atom was one of my favorites while the first metal men episode was one my very least favorite. honestly, except for a few shorts, one or two being the only "episodes" i don't like/care for, it is my least favorite episode.
The hero list is just as robust. Good choices. It's incredible how they managed to fit so many heroes and villains in this show and gave them all individual characteristics and personalities. Not to mention introducing the best version of Aquaman there ever was. Yes, I went there.
For heroes, I would go with:
1. Batman (The best combination of Silver Age fun and Bronze Age seriousness I've ever seen)
2. The Blue Beetle (I thought he came off better here than in Young Justice, and was very relate-able. Ted Kord is great, too.)
3. Aquaman (There isn't a moment in the show where he isn't awesome)
4. Booster Gold (His JLU appearances were great, but they were at a whole new level in this show)
5. Wildcat (That part of the Golden Age that refuses to stay down)
6. Green Arrow (Oliver's arrogance is too much, especially when paired with Speedy)
7. Guy Gardner (Everything I hoped he would be)
8. Black Canary (I think every one of her appearances are near the top of what this show was capable of)
9. Martian Manhunter (His boringness actually works to his advantage)
10. OMAC / Buddy Blank (They should have had more appearances)
I so wanted to fit the Haunted Tank on here so badly. The general deserves his own show.
Captain Atom might have been stuck up, but I think he makes up for it by being in the episode with the craziest song. The Metal Men also got that whole camp vibe going for them, which was fine for the few episodes they were in.
No Superman on the heroes list? :butbut:
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F31.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m586lhVEQY1rwvezyo2_250.gif&hash=f857237d071aeb30c3a96f772d1d91782553f721)
too few appearances...but then again, his debut was awesome. plus i like jonah hex more than bb and aquaman, despite his little screentime.
also, add music meister to the number 5 slot on my favorite villains list.
Yeah, some like Superman were hard to rate high because they just didn't have as many appearances as other heroes. Wonder Woman was also really great.
the 2nd or 3rd best wonder woman.
favorite heroes:
4. jonah hex
3. booster gold
2. plastic man
1. batman
in a 4th season, i would have loved an equinox "two-part mid-season finale" (think season 1's owlman/joker episodes), a spectre finale and music meister and darkseid return.
I would have liked a Green Lantern generations episode like the Flash episode featuring all the Green Lanterns since the Golden Age. Another OMAC episode would have been nice. A sequel to the Sidekicks Assemble episode with Nightwing leading his new team and taking charge. An episode with Plastic Man and The Question teaming up. A Batgirl episode. A final Equinox two-parter with him somehow teaming up with the Faceless Hunter. Finally, a Young Justice episode somehow with Tim Drake Robin, Bart Allen Impulse, and Conner Kent Superboy forming the same team from the comics and Batman, Flash, and Superman trying to clean up their mess-- sort of a reverse of the Sidekicks Assemble episode as they really are a hot mess.
The show could have done so many things.
yes it could have. i am grateful for all the great episodes we got but there was so much more it could have done.
https://twitter.com/JTuckerAnimator/status/618139756698800133 (https://twitter.com/JTuckerAnimator/status/618139756698800133)
They've done it. They've finally made a Scooby movie in this decade that I'll buy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrPQYTuvMI).
I was not expecting this, but I am very much interested.
Now this is what I'm talking about. Great choice for crossover material.
Holy Good-Looking Crossovers, Batman!
Got a couple of chuckles from the trailer. Miss Brave and the Bold a lot, so I'm glad they decided to do this even if it's maybe five years late!
Bat-Mite has some explaining to do.
Anyway, this is fantastic news! I'm glad this incarnation of Batman is back for (at least) one more go.
I am so happy that my favorite show if any kind is returning! Shaggy and Batman joining forces again was bound to happen.
Anyway, I hope this turns into a series revival.
The movie came out today. Did anyone see it?
I'm waiting for pay day to pick this and It up. But I'll probably wait until I finish my BATB rewatch before I see the movie. I have one disc left.
Quote from: Daikun on January 10, 2018, 12:44:33 AM
The movie came out today. Did anyone see it?
I need to find a site to steal it on.
Going from the series right onto the Scooby-Doo crossover does well for the movie's sake- it feels like nothing has changed. All the VAs still got it, and Aquaman is as entertaining as ever. It does drag in the middle, but I feel like that's true with most of these. I don't think Scooby and the gang were meant for feature length adventures, some exceptions notwithstanding.
If anything, it makes me want to have a solo BATB movie. I think they've still got it.